Weekday Masses in the Diocese of Brooklyn, which includes Queens, can begin this Monday, June 29, 2020. The celebration of Sunday Mass can begin with the Saturday Vigil Mass on July 4, 2020, and on Sunday, July 5, 2020.
Brooklyn
Diocesan Assignments – June 27, 2020
Very Rev. John J. Costello, to pastor of St. Luke, Whitestone, while remaining Associate Vicar for Clergy and director of Brooklyn Seminarians, effective June 30.
Catholics in Queens Fighting Racism With Help of Their Church
Norma Grannumhas attended St. Clare for over 40 years and was inspired to protest for racial justice after watching footage of George Floyd’s death.
Ordination to the Priesthood: Our Four New Priests
On June 27 at 11 a.m., Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio will have laid his hands on the heads of four men
who will promise celibacy, simplicity, obedience, and prayer in service of God’s people. In so doing
they will be ordained priests for the Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens.
Business Owners Nervously Reopen as New York City Enters Phase Two
Bay Ridge business owners reopened on June 22 under Phase Two in the coronavirus recovery, with many expressing cautious optimism for the future.
Masses to Resume in Diocese of Brooklyn on June 29
Catholic churches in the Diocese of Brooklyn have been closed for Mass since March 20. They reopened last month for private prayer. Starting June 29, they will be open once again for Mass.
Celebrating Jubilees in Priesthood
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and priests of the Brooklyn Diocese mark their golden and and silver anniversaries.
New Book, ‘This Is Not Forever,’ Explains Coronavirus to Children
By Emily Drooby BAY RIDGE — Heading outdoors to play with their children used to be something the Meehan family did without any thought at all. Now, they all wear masks as they play outside their Bay Ridge, Brooklyn home — just one of many obvious effects of the pandemic. It is also one example […]
How One Student Found Faith in The Classroom and Became a Valedictorian
by Emily Drooby MANHATTAN — Like many children across the country, Samantha Chan has been dealing with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic — having to learn from home and missing out on typical school events — but with one added hurdle. The St. Peter Catholic Academy student’s mother is a nurse working on […]
Churches Empty, But Streets Are Full
While New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio may believe there’s no comparison between reopening houses of worship and allowing for mass protests, Msgr. Kieran Harrington, rector of the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph, Prospect Heights, strongly disagrees and says the time to reopen churches is now.